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ON DVD "Step By Step" #27431
AMANI UTUPE
by Patsy Ford Simms
Positioning: Concert Position - voices can be mixed.
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INTRO |
Chug w/palms down to floor (Vol. 1, 92-93) using half note beat to R, L and double R, L, R, and double L. |
VERSE 1
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MEAS. 5 |
Long arms "unfold" to R (elbows first, then hands follow) w/R lunge (Vol. 1, 78 w/palms down), come center and hit thighs 2X on beats 3 & 4. Repeat. |
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M7: lift R palm above R shoulder w/palm facing in and right angle in elbow - look R, repeat to L, lift both up and down. |
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M8: palms cross hit opp. shoulders, then open hit shoulders. |
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M9: turn to L w/palms over own shoulders, then hit neighbor's shoulders 2X on beats 3 & 4 (Vol. 2, 79). Repeat. |
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M11-12: repeat as before but L palm goes up first. |
CHORUS
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MEAS. 13 |
Lift flat R palm up to R (Vol. 2, 48), hit L shoulder 2X on beats 3 & 4. Repeat w/L. (opt. step t R and L.) |
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M15: repeat as before to R. |
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M17: repeat as before, but go L first. |
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M21: repeat chugs as before at Intro. |
VERSE 2
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MEAS. 25 |
Hold onto neighbor's shoulders (Vol. 2, 65) and move as if going over rocky road. M27: as before to R. |
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M29: palms together come forward then go L, R and split to R or L depending on which side of stage you're on. |
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M31: as before to L. |
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CHORUS |
M33: repeat as before thru M44. |
VERSE 3
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MEAS. 45 |
R jazz hand above head to R, L, R, L (Vol. 2, 4 w/jazz hand). |
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M47: as before to R. |
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M49: repeat w/L jazz hand above to L, R, L, R. |
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M51: as before to L. |
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CHORUS |
M53: repeat as before thru M60. |
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MEAS. 61 |
Repeat as before on lyric. |
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M63: R palm up, L palm up. M64: lift R. M65: lift L. |
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M65: repeat chugs as before to R, L, double R. |
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M68: L palm up, R palm up, lift up, down. |
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End with palms crossed at shoulders and head down. |
SATB, Level 4....18694
SAB, Level 3....18695
2-Part, Level 1....18696
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